Ladele v. Borough of Islington, Court of Appeal, Civil Division, United Kingdom (15 December 2009)
Procedural Posture The appellant brought a case to the Employment Tribunal alleging workplace discrimination based on religious views. The Employment Tribunal concluded that the government had harassed, and both directly and indirectly discriminated against the...Concluding Observations, E/C.12/GBR/CO/5, 12 June 2009: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
6. The Committee notes with appreciation the introduction of an Equality Bill, which aims at streamlining the existing equality legislation and extending protection from discrimination in other areas such as age and sexual orientation, as well as the establishment of...
Governments must not impede courts’ disclosure of torture allegations
The UK government and the new US administration must ensure that the independence of the courts, and their ability to disclose information essential to accountability for crimes of torture, is not undermined.
The main threat is the withdrawal of intelligence co-operation, the ICJ said in response to yesterday’s Divisional Court judgment in R (Binyam Mohammed) v Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
UK-US-Governments must not impede courts’ disclosure of torture allegations-web story-2009 (full text, PDF)
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